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Once again, the role of education in Urdu proficiency can be
observed. Uneducated men scored an average of 80 percent
while educated men scored an average of 88 percent. The
average score increased with the progression from 1-5 to 6-10
years of schooling, but, surprisingly, the smallest group,
consisting of the most educated men, dipped below the average
for all educated men. This may be a misleading result due to the
small sample size or some other unidentified factor.
3.4 Bilingualism Testing in Sherpur
The second language proficiency in Urdu of Sherpur men
and women was assessed through administration of the Urdu
SRT. Pashto second language proficiency was assessed through
administration of the Pashto SRT.
3.4.1 Urdu Sentence Repetition Test
The Urdu Sentence Repetition Test was administered in
Sherpur to fifty-five men and twenty-three women. The scores of
the men and women in the various age and education groups are
displayed in figure (3.5).
Again in Sherpur, the effect of education on proficiency in
Urdu is evident. The uneducated men, who averaged RPE 2+, are
the only education group of men not to attain RPE 3+ and above.
The uneducated women, who averaged RPE 2, perform at levels
below the women with 1-5 years of education, who averaged
RPE 2+, and those with six or more years of education, whose
average is RPE 3+ and above.
Thus, with both men and women there proved to be a
difference in Urdu proficiency between those who are educated
and those who are not. In addition, the differences in level of
education seem to be significant, in particular for the women.
Those women with higher levels of education scored on the
average higher than those with less education. The groups of
women in order of increasing levels of education scored on the
average 29, 38 and 40 points. So, not surprisingly, it appears that